NINTH GRADE
PLACEMENT CHART
“Staying on track for graduation”
Cobb County School District
Spring, 2010
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Spring, 2010
Cobb County School District
Middle and High School Language Arts
The chart below should be used to determine high school placement for the 2010-2011 school year.
Four units of credit in English Language Arts shall be required of all students. A full unit of credit in Ninth Grade Literature/Composition
and a full unit of credit in American Literature/Composition are required by the State of Georgia.
High School Diploma
Eighth Grade Language Arts
Ninth Grade Language Arts
Teacher Recommendation
of highly motivated and/or
highly able students
Ninth Grade Lit/Composition (Honors)
Teacher Recommendation
Ninth Grade Lit/Composition
Require Credit: Ninth Grade Lit/Composition (Honors) or NinthGrade Lit/Composition are acceptable. An
End of Course Test (EOCT) is required for either course and will count 15% of the final grade.
Students Reading Below Grade level
Eighth Grade Language Arts
Teacher Recommendation
Students who score at or below the 25 percentile
on the ITBS and who are reading below seventh
grade level as documented by another reading
assessment may be required to take Current
Topics I in addition to their English class.
Ninth Grade Language Arts
Elective scaffold courses:
(Block schools should offer first semester)

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Communication Skills**
Or
Current topics I**
(Read 180 if available)
(ESOL if available)
AND
Ninth Grade Lit/Composition
(Block schools should offer second semester)
required
**Counts as elective credit only.
If Communication Skills or Current Topics are not offered, Ninth Grade Lit/Composition is the appropriate placement.
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Spring, 2010
Cobb County School District
Middle and High School Mathematics
The chart below should be used to determine high school placement for the 2010-2011 school year.
EIGHTH GRADE
MATHEMATICS
CRITERIA
Final Average is 85% or above
AND
Passes Math I EOCT
Student has completed
Accelerated Mathematics 1
(Numeric grade is recorded on
middle school report card)
Final Average is 70 % to 84%
OR
Fails Math I EOCT
Final Average is below 70%
NINTH GRADE PLACEMENT
Accelerated Mathematics 2
Accelerated Mathematics 1 grade will be recorded as a
“P” on high school transcript and will not be calculated
into GPA
Mathematics 2
Accelerated Mathematics 1 grade will be recorded as a
“P” on high school transcript and will not be calculated
into GPA
Mathematics 1
Eighth grade math unit test
average is above
85%
AND
Student has completed eighth
grade mathematics
Exceeds Standards on eighth
grade CRCT
Eighth grade math unit test
average is 84% or below
OR
Accelerated Mathematics 1
Mathematics 1
Meets Standards on eighth grade
CRCT
Final Average is below 70%
AND/OR
Mathematics 1 and Mathematics Support Course
Does Not Meet Standards on
eighth grade CRCT
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Spring, 2010
Cobb County School District
Middle and High School Foreign Language
The chart below should be used to determine high school placement for the 2010-2011 school year.
For Students Enrolled in Middle School Foreign Language
Middle School Foreign Language
Ninth Grade Placement
Completed the regular middle school foreign
language program with a final grade of P for
“passing” in eighth grade *
Continue in level II of the same language and/or begin a new
Language
Did not complete the regular middle school foreign
language program with a final grade of P for
“passing” in eighth grade *
Repeat language in ninth grade or begin a new language
(Option: Postpone repeating language studied in middle
school until tenth grade)
Completed the one year extended day middle school
foreign language program with a final grade of P
for “passing” in eighth grade *
Continue in level II of the same language and/or begin a new
language.* Those students who studied two languages in
middle school, one during school hours or one extended day,
should continue in level II of one or more of these languages*
Did not complete the one-year extended day middle
foreign language program with a final grade of P for
“passing” in eighth grade **
Repeat language in ninth grade or begin a new language
(Option: Postpone foreign language study until tenth grade)
For Students Not Enrolled in Middle School Foreign Language
Eighth Grade Language Arts
A, B or C average recommended
Ninth Grade Placement
Enroll in level I of any foreign language offered
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A minimum of two years of the same foreign language is required for admission to colleges in the University
System of Georgia as well as most universities outside the state of Georgia. Each college has its own set of
criteria for admission. Students are encouraged to research the admissions criteria for all colleges they are
planning to attend to ensure that they will have the requisite amount of foreign language credit.
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To be well prepared for colleges that require foreign language, high school students are highly encouraged to take
four years of language study by completing four years of study in one foreign language or two years of one
language and two years in a second foreign language.
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Successful completion of either the regular middle school foreign language program or the extended day program
is equivalent of one year of high school credit.
* Numeric grade is recorded at the eighth grade and changed to a “P” for passing on high school transcript.
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Spring, 2010
Cobb County School District
Middle and High School Science
The chart below should be used to determine high school placement for the 2010-2011 school year.
Eighth Grade Math and Science
Suggested Ninth Grade Placement
(Varies by School)
Completed Accelerated Mathematics I or Eighth Grade
Mathematics with 80-100
Biology Honors
All other students
Biology
Spring, 2010
Cobb County School District
Middle and High School Social Studies
The chart below should be used to determine high school placement for the 2010-2011 school year.
Eighth Grade Social Studies
Ninth Grade Placement
An A average at end of second grading
period and at time of registration
and/or
Teacher recommendation
World Geography, Honors World Geography,
AP Human Geography or Pre-AP Social Studies
All other students
World Geography or
Leadership (if offered)
Three (3) credits of social studies are required for graduation for freshman beginning with the school year 2008-2009. All students
must take and pass World History (1 credit), United States History (1 credit), Economics (1/2 credit), and American Government (1/2
credit).
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